Allied Health & Aging

Diabetes Vic warns of 'silent diabetes'

24 March, 2023

Diabetes Victoria celebrates its 70‐year anniversary and reports that diabetes prevalence rates are continuing to grow at a concerning rate, but there is hope.


Pre-birth cohort study launches follow-up after 33 years

24 March, 2023

Scientists are keen to follow up on the Raine Study — one of the world's largest multigenerational cohort studies into familial risk factors for disease.


Google Australia partners to personalise AI hearing tech

23 March, 2023

Google joins Cochlear, Macquarie University Hearing, National Acoustic Laboratories, NextSense and The Shepherd Centre to explore new hearing solutions.


Four in five alcohol-related deaths among males: AIHW

22 March, 2023

Four in five alcohol-related deaths and three in five hospitalisations in 2019–20 were among males, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).


Optimal, healthy infant growth targeted by online program

21 March, 2023

A new online program, Baby-EATS, aims to support early childhood educators and parents of infants and toddlers to improve child nutrition early in life.


The impact of minimum unit pricing of alcohol in NT

17 March, 2023 by Nicholas Taylor

An evidence review of the impact of minimum unit pricing in the Northern Territory three years on. Has consumption- and alcohol-related harm reduced?


NSW mental health system "too complex, too hard to access"

14 March, 2023

A report detailing firsthand accounts of New South Wales's mental health sector has described a system of chaos, confusion, fiscal neglect and fragmentation.


Monash study links diet, gut and mental health

10 March, 2023

Fermentation of protein in the gut could release toxins and affect the brain's access to neurotransmitter compounds, according to a Monash study.


GPs suggest a team approach to beat burnout

08 March, 2023

Improved data and encouraging doctors to work together as a team on patient care could be ways to improve conditions for stressed GPs, a new study has found.


Record demand for Lifeline amid cost-of-living crisis

08 March, 2023

Data from Lifeline's search engine shows there were over 26,000 searches for assistance and support in January 2023 across Australia, the highest on record.


EOI open for Medicare Urgent Care Clinics

03 March, 2023

An expression of interest (EOI) window for 14 Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (Medicare UCCs) with locations across metropolitan and regional NSW is now open.


Deadly Heart: RHD still impacts First Nations peoples

27 February, 2023

The Heart Foundation has released a documentary highlighting the devastating impact of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) on Australia's First Nations people.


Dementia overtakes CHD as leading cause of disease burden

23 February, 2023

Dementia has overtaken coronary heart disease as the leading cause of disease burden among Australians aged 65 and over, leading to almost 230,000 years of healthy life lost in 2022, a 61% increase since 2011.


Study suggests psychiatric symptoms follow encephalitis

22 February, 2023

Survivors of encephalitis — an inflammation of the brain that can lead to permanent brain injury — are at a high risk of suicide and self-harm, according to new research.


PPD drug with Monash tech enters Phase 2a trial

17 February, 2023

A drug delivery method designed to enable the oral administration of allopregnanolone for postpartum depression has reached the next phase of clinical trials.


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